Jan August Kisielewski | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1876 |
Birth Place: | Rzeszow, Austrian Empire |
Death Place: | Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland |
Resting Place: | Powązki Cemetery |
Language: | Polish |
Alma Mater: | Jagiellonian University |
Movement: | Young Poland |
Relatives: | Zygmunt Kisielewski |
Jan August Kisielewski (8 February 1876 in Rzeszów – 29 January 1918 in Warsaw), was a Polish writer, essayist and playwright associated with the Young Poland literary movement at the turn of the century. He was the co-founder of a legendary literary cabaret Zielony Balonik in Kraków under the Austrian rule during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. Jan August Kisielewski was a brother of Zygmunt Kisielewski of the Polish Legions in World War I, also a writer.[1] [2] [3]